| Product |
HP Compaq nc8000 |
Acer TravelMate 3200 |
Apple PowerBook G4 |
| Vendor |
HP |
Acer |
Apple |
| RRP (test configuration inc GST) |
AU$2795 |
AU$3699 |
AU$4499 |
| Phone Number |
1300 305 018 |
1300 366 567 |
133 622 |
| Web Site |
www.hp.com.au |
www.acer.com.au |
www.apple.com.au |
| Warranty |
3-year on-site |
1-year RTB + 2hr Commitment Warranty Express Service + 1-year International Traveller's Warranty |
1-year RTB |
| System weight including battery (kg) |
2.96 |
2.18 |
3.1 |
| Processor |
Intel Pentium 1.7Ghz M |
Intel Pentium 1.6Ghz M |
Power PC 1.5Ghz G4 |
| RAM installed/max (MB) |
512/ 1024 |
512/ 2048 |
512/ 2048 |
| Hard drive capacity |
40GB |
40GB |
80GB |
| Display size in inches |
15 |
14.1 |
17 |
| Native resolution |
1024x768 |
1024x768 |
1440x900 |
| Graphics processor & memory |
ATI Radeon 9600/ 64 |
ATI Radeon 9700/ 64 |
ATI Radeon 9700/ 64 |
| USB (no. of ports) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Parallel (no. of ports) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Serial (no. of ports) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| PS2 (no. of ports) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| DVI |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| VGA |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| TV out (type of port) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Firewire (no. of ports) |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| PCMCIA card slot |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| SD/ MMC/ MS slot |
1 / 0 / 1 |
1 / 1 / 1 |
0 / 0 / 0 |
| Compact flash slot |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Smart media slot |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| SPDIF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Docking port |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Optical drive type |
DVD-ROM/ CD-RW |
DVD+ recorder/ CD-RW |
DVD super drive DVD-R/ CD-RW |
| Fingerprint recognition scanner |
No |
No |
No |
| Integrated modem |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Integrated wired network (100M or 1000M) |
Yes 1000M |
Yes 1000M |
Yes 1000M |
| Integrated wireless network |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Integrated Bluetooth |
Yes |
No |
Yes |